HME701 - Clinical Leadership 1: System and Strategy

Unit details

Must be enrolled in H702 Master of Clinical Leadership, other students wanting to enrol please contact medinfo@deakin.edu.au.*

Unit chair:

Grant Phelps

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

36 hours in one 5 day residential to be held at the Deakin City Campus at 3/550 Bourke St, Melbourne Monday 18 April through Friday 22 April, 2016. Hours are 0830 – 1730 Monday to Thursday and 0830 – 1430 Friday. There will be an evening session held offsite at a Melbourne CBD health facility on the Tuesday evening, followed by a social dinner for attendees at a city restaurant.

Note:

*This unit is suitable for clinicians in one of the registered professions who wish to develop their skills in clinical leadership. Clinicians who are not from one of the registered professions should contact the Course Director, who has discretion to consider enrolment of other professions.

Content

This unit aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the Australian healthcare system, its policy and strategic contexts, and of issues currently facing the Australian healthcare system. Clinical leadership will be introduced in the context of a wider discussion about leadership of systems. Students will hear from industry and experts and will have an opportunity to explore contemporary system level leadership challenges through group based interactions and assessment tasks.